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DAYTONA BEACH — After grabbing an offensive rebound and drawing a foul while trying to put it back up, Kanaan Carlyle laid on the floor and smiled.
Florida Atlantic teammates Devin Williams and Devin Vanterpool came over and feted the junior guard with a few fake punches before helping him up. Carlyle stepped to the free-throw line and nailed both shots, applying the finishing touches to the Owls’ 76-65 victory over Loyola Marymount in the Geico Sunshine Slam.
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Carlyle turned in his best performance in an FAU uniform so far Monday, Nov. 24, at the Ocean Center. The Indiana transfer played 37 minutes and scored 24 points, both game highs.
The Owls improved to 5-1, while the Lions suffered their first loss and now sit at 6-1.
“They’re a really good team,” Florida Atlantic head coach John Jakus said. “Just a one-off night, we were blessed to have this one go our way. On the whole, it made us better, and some of the attention to detail we needed tonight will certainly help us in the long run.”
Loyola Marymount did not hold a lead in the final 37 minutes, but it hung around. It was a two-point game in the last 10 minutes before the Owls began to separate themselves.
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Here are three takeaways.
1. How FAU pulled away from Loyola Marymount
FAU’s Devin Vanterpool drives to the basket for a slam dunk during the season-opening win against Boston College.
Florida Atlantic led 41-34 at halftime. With 12 minutes left in the second half, it had extended its lead to 11. But with two 3-pointers by Nakyel Shelton and an old-fashioned three-point play by Myron Amey Jr. over the next two and a half minutes, the Lions got right back in it at 53-51.
Then, the Owls assembled a run of their own.
They rattled off eight straight points and 17 of the next 22 over the course of 10 minutes. Seven Florida Atlantic players scored during the stretch, including five points by Carlyle. It bumped the lead to 70-56.
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